Depositional remanent magnetization: Toward an improved theoretical and experimental foundation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 244, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 515-529

  Tauxe, Lisa ^a   Steindorf, Jason L ^a   Harris, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

depositional remanence; DRM; flocculation; sedimentary paleointensity

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL REMANENCE MAGNETIZATION; SEDIMENTARY MAGNETIZATIONS; SEDIMENTARY PALEOINTENSITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITION; FLOCCULATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SALINE WATER; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTS;

REMANENCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOCCULATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; REDEPOSITION; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 33645902501     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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